Berlin is the Capital of sustainable fashion design and retail. The Green Fashion Tours offers unique guided urban excursions exploring the most interesting sustainable fashion and upcycling spots in town. Let yourself be inspired by groundbreaking visions of designers and store managers!

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Customized Tours

Are you ready to start your personal journey into the world of sustainable fashion & design? Join one of our public tours or book a customized experience!

We organize unique tours according to you personal passions and time availabilities. You can choose between our focus topics or write to us your specific interests. From group visits to private excursions, we guarantee you a totally exclusive experience.

NEIGHBORHOOD TOURS

Kreuzberg, Neukölln, Wedding, Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Schöneberg, Charlottenburg. Which part of the city would you like to discover? Green Fashion is everywhere and our neighborhood-routes bring you to the most sustainable and exciting fashion spots in town!

UPCYCLING & CIRCULAR FASHION

Collecting, sorting, reusing, redesigning, reselling: the life of old clothes and textiles is much longer than we think when we give them away. Together we will explore a world of possibilities & creativities to reduce textile waste!
We will visit textile sorting-out centers, upcycling designers in their ateliers, special second-hand concept stores and circular start-ups.

FAIR FASHION

This field includes a various range of design concepts: from the choice of organic fabrics or zero waste strategies to the collaboration with local and social projects or the protection of regional artisanal craftsmanship.
Come with us and discover the wide spectrum of beautiful alternatives, which Berlin offers to conscious shoppers!

INNOVATION IN FASHION

What´s next in fashion? Future trends, new materials, technologies applied to textiles, closed-loop systems, co-design, cradle-to-cradle solutions.
Come to our innovation tour and get a glimpse into the future of fashion!

SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

What do we need to know and what can we personally do to consume fashion in a more sustainable way? Together we will have a closer look at the real price of sustainable fashion, we will visit local manufactories, second-hand & vintage stores with innovative philosophies, start-ups using technology to make it easier for consumers to buy more consciously.

The packages are totally customizable and also suitable for bigger groups from schools and universities. Please check our range of experiences below and contact us for more information and bookings.

THE UPCYCLING PACKAGE

After a city tour exploring the most interesting upcycling designers, textile savers and circular economy startups, you will learn the art of Upcycling by experts in their fashion studio.
During the 3 hours hands-on workshop you can experience different techniques to master repairing, re-designing and textile transforming methods.

HANDICRAFTS AND LOCAL MANUFACTORIES

An exclusive exploration of Berlin handicraft traditions and innovations plus a practical handloom experience! Traditional weaving techniques, innovative experimental technologies, local productions, hand-made accessories, hand-woven textiles and much more!
During the 2 hours handloom workshop you will learn the basics of this technique lead by the expert weaver Dagmar Rehse.

SLOW FASHION & NATURAL DYES

Let's explore the revolutionary idea behind the slow fashion movement and how we can embrace it in life and in our wardrobes together with the botanical dyes expert Elke Fiebig! Recharged with new input and inspiration from the tour we will discover which plants from everyday life and urban environments can be used for dyeing and how the natural dyeing processes works.
At the end of this experience you will get a a set of dyed fabric samples and info-sheets gathering the know-how and facts you will experience during the workshop

CIRCULAR ECONOMY TOUR & DINNER

Re-use, reduce, recycle: Together, we’ll knock on the doors of zero waste cafés, sustainable transition spaces, urban farmers, guerilla gardeners, circular designers and passionate food-savers. We will get a glimpse into alternative upcycling concepts, visit workshops and ateliers, learn about the future of food and take a sneak peak into Berlin’s handbuilt hub for social, cultural and environmental change. At the end of our route we will give you more “food for thought” while enjoying a delicious zero waste dinner.

THE SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION PACKAGE

Are you ready for a 2- to 5-days experience including lectures, tours, hands-on workshops and a Design Thinking workshop? This program is tailored for groups from schools, universities and NGOs who want to know more about the future of fashion while developing their own ability to innovate! Wearable technologies, circular fashion, fashion tech start-ups, team building, creative thinking methods: All this and much more is offered by the sustainable innovation package.

MAKE YOUR OWN PACKAGE!

Your curiosity knows no limits and you want to explore different aspects of sustainable fashion, innovation & green lifestyle? Make your own package and decide which tours and workshops you want to combine in your multiple-days experience!

Check out our upcoming tours

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Through our authentic excursions connecting interesting sustainable fashion spots in the city lead by our guide Marcela, you can quickly have a good overview and personal understanding of the fashion

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Through our authentic excursions connecting interesting sustainable fashion spots in the city lead by our guide Marcela, you can quickly have a good overview and personal understanding of the fashion movement that is thriving in the green fashion capital – Berlin! Meet like-minded people and get personal insights by our guide!

// HOW TO SIGN UP //
Booking via Eventbrite.
A pre-tour notification will be sent to you after booking.

// ADDITIONAL INFO //
* A Green Fashion Roadmap will be provided to you at the beginning of the tour.
* The tour will be held regardless of weather conditions- make sure to be equipped accordingly.
* It is in the responsibility of participants to be adequately insured, we herewith decline any legal liability. Please read our AGBs, before booking the tour.

If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail. You can make your reservation via Eventbrite or via email at: info@greenfashiontours.com

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Why does sustainable fashion matter? What impact does fashion put on our everyday life? We will explore the green fashion hub walking on the cobble stones, visiting ateliers and eco

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Why does sustainable fashion matter? What impact does fashion put on our everyday life? We will explore the green fashion hub walking on the cobble stones, visiting ateliers and eco fashion concept stores where we talk to the designers and shop owners and get the chance to listen to their personal and inspiring stories.

// HOW TO SIGN UP //
You can book your ticket online on Eventbrite.
A pre-tour notification will be sent to you after booking.

// ADDITIONAL INFO //
* A Green Fashion Roadmap will be provided to you at the beginning of the tour.
* The tour will be held regardless of weather conditions- make sure to be equipped accordingly.
* It is in the responsibility of participants to be adequately insured, we herewith decline any legal liability. Please read our AGBs, before booking the tour.

If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail. You can make your reservation via Eventbrite or via email at: info@greenfashiontours.com

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Come on tour with us and join a discovery of Berlin’s green fashion scene in Friedrichshain & Kreuzberg. You will quickly have a good overview and personal understanding of the

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Come on tour with us and join a discovery of Berlin’s green fashion scene in Friedrichshain & Kreuzberg. You will quickly have a good overview and personal understanding of the fashion movement that is thriving in the green fashion capital – Berlin! Listening to the pioneering stories directly by the innovative actors of the sustainable fashion movement you will definitely leave with loads of inspirations!

// HOW TO SIGN UP //
You can book your ticket online on Eventbrite.
A pre-tour notification will be sent to you after booking.

// ADDITIONAL INFO //
* A Green Fashion Roadmap will be provided to you at the beginning of the tour.
* The tour will be held regardless of weather conditions- make sure to be equipped accordingly.
* It is in the responsibility of participants to be adequately insured, we herewith decline any legal liability. Please read our AGBs, before booking the tour.

If you have any questions, please contact us via e-mail. You can make your reservation via Eventbrite or via email at: info@greenfashiontours.com

Photo Credits: Magdalena Vidovic

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About our Project

The Green Fashion Tours Berlin has been created in 2015 as joint project by Anna from ‘GetChanged!’, Mariangeles from ‘HolaBerlin’ and Arianna from ‘The Upcycling Fashion Store’. Since 2016 the project is part of “Future Fashion Forward e.V.” under the coordination of Anna and Arianna…